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Telegram-herald., 1887-07-17

1t was not quite 5 o'clock i'm the morning.
The sun had not yet begun to transact his
daiiy business when newspaper man. who
loves early dew, robins, and other things.
took stroll through Central park. Only
TWO persons from the Fifty-ninth street en-
trance TO the mall disturbed the monotonous
chatter Of the birds
A few feet from the music stand was an
elderly gentleman with a revolutionary coat
and frayed trousers. He carried cane and
wore restless pair Of eyes
"Out early, my friend" p" said the reporter.
IN an Oft hand style OF saIute.
Got 10 begin MY business said the wfry
odd fossil.
And what may be the peculiar nature of
your businessf'
We'll, You sec. pard, Tn a professional
searcher- l change with the seasons. inst
Ike bonnets and other parts of wonian's gear.
I'm on hand the first fellow after biz. crowd
TO pick up the crumbs What's crumbs.
Why, whatever they drop: knick knacks
jewelry, money. All fish Is comes to nv net
Beats the world how iarlch a smart scavenoer
can pick up after a mob. Im the winter time
| work the balls and the opera and swell
private entertainments. on the outside. after
N-+''b - Ofci anu li4Nt as soon rs
it's light; and in the summer | work tha
parks and picnics and excursions.
Regular business. though anl you've got
to have system in it. Big crowd Yesterday
Sunday, ON the mall, anil here [ am. Been
here since daybreak, nosing around. and
picked up 50 far s.. % in change and brace
let. Get in my work before tho cops come
around. Early bird and the worm. sees-
What do you DO with the valuables. saw
jewelryf
Watch tho lost columns OF the papers
and If tho rewards half way decent I turn
'em in. Got $50 Inst winter for an earring
dropped in the gutter in front Of the Metro
politan Opera house When there's no show
Of an owner | convert 'em on the Boxe,y
Took IN lot Of lace handkercl.iefs last winter
and fair stake in cash. But you've got 10
have eyes to get along in this profession, part
ner-
"Can you manage to make living NJ itsn
well, it amt no national bank but I've
stood of the wolf for five years at II. and f,s,
hours amt so hard "a you find in some other
professions. New York Sun.
Telegram-herald., 1887-07-17
RESTAURANTS IL rts SKIES.

tafiax a Meal Abss~ the Chimes of Tria-
ny ChaFet-fhe Ches > Tasssh Roosos.
fte latest wrinkle Is % get a view With
yoQr sla1ef--a natural chrono. - u steak
For this purpose restaurants have been
spened GA The eleventh soors Of tbs Fed
haildiHg at the Battery and the Mills build
lng EeaT the stock exchange You are lifted
70 these places With less dilEeulty than yosl
descend u the cellar q the oyster saloon near
the stock exchange - here yoa are sometimes
levitet % lunch tecause they make ths best
cocktails down tosnn Up above ths chimes
Il lfinlfy church. almost "a the roofs Of the
tso cloOd piercing buildings. yOu nild very
stylish restaurants aud French walters, ana
enjoy the felicity of staring at Barth0lii's
statue with Your soup. Staten Island with
vour ia, the mouth OF the Hudson river with
your toast, aud Brooklyn heights with your
dessert When We tire OF the view We 40 10
one ot two or three macaroni places on the
Bowling Green, % Fulton market for oysters,
10 john street for chops and ale, ia places
glossy With mahogany and crowded with oil
painting; or We 80 one block higher 10 a
wine importers 70 get escargots lFrench for
snailsl. of which We are growing very fond
We get them also from Delnonico, who has
three places down town for those who like 10
say they 60 there, at any price
Ia the meantime the Office boys. porters
and younger clerks are enjoying an equal
variety OF luncheons provided 10y people who
seem engaged in a laudable effort 10 see who
can give the most for ten cents. Chatham
street has the four cheapest restaurants in
town, named after B.ll Tweed, Jim Fisk.
Grover Cleveland and Mr.. Gladstone, where
beef, potatoes, bread and coffee cost that
sum. The dairies give bread and milk. pie
and milk, or grain and milk in bowls for a
dlme, and there are a dozen queer and sloppy
places where You see crowds of men and a
bold display OF milk cans on the floor. and
cakes, cream puffs, chocolate eclairs and
French sugar pastry in hundred forms on
the counters, each cake being three times as
large as you VIII see anywhere else in town.
These are the beaneries, where they sell beef
and teans, two eggs, pie and coffee or cruI-
lers and milk for ten cents
Finally, there is no end OF French and
6erman places where regular dinners are
served for from fifteen to fifty cents. the
newest OF all beating the record with a pict-
ure of three nIasted schooner OF beer over
the words: This size free with our dinner. .fif-
teen nts."-Juiian Ralph in Pioneer Press.
Telegram-herald., 1887-07-17

How many know whence comes the
name Chatauqua and where the first Cha
tarquas had their habitation; Should the
question be asked, three -fCurths OF our
assembly would answer--from n place in
New York named from tribe Of Indians.
Yet it owes it's origin TO our Old North
Statc-so great in beginnings Of many
things. Chatauqua was the Indian name
Of New Berne. TO NewfBerne belongs
the honor Of having given ks name to our
great teachers meeting. There the first
Chatauquas-copper colored, black haired
savagcs, roamcd and fished, much after
the fashion OF their modern namesakes.
There De Grafferreid visited the King of
the country and bought the land on which
New Bcrro stands from sTaylor. the king
Of the CliataIquas. lie edescribes them "a
n kindly race, who treated him 10 ''ci,ler
and dumplins = That was. however. he
fore he was taken prisoner and nearly
killed by another portion CT this great
Tuecarora tribe. The after history of this
tribe is we'll known. Che of the Six Ma
tions. il Fejoincd the other five tribes in
New York, taking withit the name Of its
Ccrolna home, the Chatsuqua. Raleigh
News
Telegram-herald., 1887-07-17

The term cloud burst = a misnomer
tiM41s n@ver burst they dissolve la rain.
tc pgsigce the condensation q yapOr called
rain tne cloud nsllst te suddenly cooied- Tbs
haPpess et7n tfas temperature of the lowsr
strata Il the atmosphere = greatly increased
and toe rising currents OF warm air force tie
vapor up into he cold regions. Also when a
cold ~ind from the polar regions. o. when a
strong current q All carries tie clouds
against tie oeldsr surface of a high noun
tain aud tie contact with tAls surface con
tenses the vspor Common phraseOl0gy in
mounfain regions describes thess clouds as
striking the mountain sides and bursting by
the contact. though they were bladders
filed with water, whose sides suddenly give
way The DOfe correct understanding II tne
p5enoio@na sao~s that the rain - simply the
condensation Of the yapor molecules. the pro-
cess being tho same whether u b= carried on
slowly OF rapidly The eft Of suddenness
Is mach Increased IN mountain regions by the
oyeri'o~ II springs and the increased velocity
Of s1r~- 'ns as they dow through the rocky
gorge II tue bills.
Telegram-herald., 1887-07-17

Superintendent Bates of the free delfv-
cry service. post office department, says
that The cities ~ the country are showing
great hacAwar,lness In ealing for the
service co which they are entitled under
the law passed lsst wiater giving n 70
towns u ten thorssnd inhabitants. OF to
towns whose post office receipts reach
Siff0~ 2er Tsar "tF hY he eaii I'VE
90 letts~a avcTy day from towns entitled
n the service Indignantly referring 70 the
fact Sat Uc have given the service 70
rival towns ~ thc same sire and ne~ieCtsd
them They viii make no application f6r
the service. and We can send no inspectors
- thc town except uron application The
fsct of L s. .hat q large nuniher of these
towns don't ssk f7r the service hecause
such = movement is discouraged by the
postmaster Re is afraid chat II the serv-
ice = established his box rents viii fali of
ard bis ince-ie decrease he is aided by
the xrocers near the p.'St Office. by the dry
gccsls houss. ard 81 the man IN whose
store the pest oiIicc Is kspf-aii Of whom
sre Interested In having the crowd come
,o TIE post oillce fer - mail. instead of
having u carried - them. A. a result
citizens groan end complain because
neixhborinx town gets the service and
their ewn rcvn iS neglected By the post
office Authorities Towns VII rst the
free delivery system when citizens take Il
into their own hands 70 make an aDrhcs-
ron - the department for il ''-New York
Su1
Telegram-herald., 1887-07-17
Tfta MuSes-

The nine muses. arc: Calliope. the epic muse.
represented with a tablet and stylus, some
times scroll; Clio, muse OF history, a scroll
or open chest Of books; Erato, a muse of love
dHtie~, Tyre: Erterpe, muse OF lyric poetry,
fiute; Melpaarene muse OF tragedy, a tragic
mask, the club or Hercules or sword-shs
wears the cothurnus, and her head is wreathed
with pine leaves: Polyhymnia, muse Of sacred
poetry. SITS pensive but has no attribute. be
cause deity Is not 10 be represented by any
visible symbol; Terpsichorc. muse OF choral
song anil dance, Tyre and the plectrIm;
Thaha, muse Of comedy and idyl!ic poetry.
comic mask a shepherds staff or "A wreath OF
ivy; Urania. muse Of astronomy, carries q
staff pointing % a globe.
Telegram-herald., 1887-07-17

The strenuous efforts q noted geograph-
ical publishing l5onse of Brussels has just
been making 10 ISSUE a large map OF The
Congo Independent state afford an anus
ing Illustration of the rapid progress of
discovery Ia that part Of the wcrid.
Nearly three months ago il was IN
nounced that the map would be published
in two weeks On the eve of printing
some new discoveries were announced and
publication was deferred in order to pat
them on the map. Later news dom the
Congo, such a. Van Gele's exploration II
the Mobangi ailments and john De Braz-
za's journey down the Licona. were so in
teresting that the csrfographers really
could not think Of issuing their map with
ont them. and 20 there were further de-
lays. The map was positively announced
for last week. bTit by the time IL reaches
this country Il viii not be surprising II Il
Is tTifle behind the times. New York
Cu0
Telegram-herald., 1887-07-17

The Phiiasielrhia redger's rccapituia-
kcn II - local obituary Columns fer the
tst sir u,cr~hs savers ~ ne Oh Tests
rent chapters L shows that longevity.
so - speak. is rot dFlnz onf ia the bir
town hv the Delaware The naortusrv
srnouncemenfs n per-cns wno h,S lived
- o. tcvcrd rhe advanced sre ~ eighty
years Numbered 46S. ~ whom III were
men sad 1Ss were women A siu-irnr
record for he frst six months ~ 1855
contains \ tctal ~ As The derafse n
tour n-aie ard four fer,s1e centeuarisnx ss
recorded thus fsr this year One ~ these
resrhed she axe of fo4 ard another los
Kew uanv vel preserved pkilsdsiphians
there rlav - wifo are huoyanily scsiinE
their twelfth er fhirtrenfh feca3e sices rot
acrear Dat if - crrfsrtinx - think
thar The cd gertle-7sn who heerf the
historic pssi a. Tie l-erty Beii is Sfiil
ruucrosislr nricrc ~. Els statistics
ukewise shew that re Ledger tss
clientele ed enough 20 tnor- 4 zDosf
tA4ns ~ssn 80 ses ts>-sN. !. waEld.
Telegram-herald., 1887-07-17

A favorf-e style has blouse mounted in
plaits or gathered upon a yoke. the neck fin
shed with sailor collar ard the sleeves
saort. Tha tunic or skirt Is plated or gath
efed TO correspond with the blouse, and
reaches just below the knees. and the draw
ers ar. wide. aad are either entirely con-
cssled BY tbs skirt or show = tri,s below it.
Sosnet.mes thonecS IS cut cut ia beaTt shape.
aud a chenisetts Is inserted, Ike Ia boys
sailor suit. Blue suits arc trimmed with
black. light hlue, or red White suits are
trimmed with white braid bar there may be
n chsmisetto or a .ailor collar OF dark blue
Fix l IA tie cus shows .aly's suit called
the "Mlnhettan.' l. Is made q blue serge
flannel trimmed with narrow white braid
TIE sgls consists u a blouse uuist. skirt Gnd
trouscrs- The trousers ard blouse waist can
De joined IN one garment nni the skirt made
separately ald batfoat- on which Is tho
most Convenient cad comfortable way; OF
The waist and the skut crn lie joined togctb-
r. The waist hrs yoke az the baci. nnd
the crllsr Is a sai.cr sbapc.
The childs sui. lin same cut Il known as
tho Rover" AM Is also made OF blue dAnncl.
and trimmed with bias bands n striped rcd
and bluo danueL The wsi>t has about the
same fuihless ia tho hack "a IN front. ani Il
tnishsd with sailor collar. Ias desizo is
sui,sb.e for esther boy or girl Girls IN
Der or years seldom wear skirts, but, IL
preferred, q short s,,ict made either a
straight bread-hs or after a gored skirt pat
tern. can - added.
Bathing robes are in Teignoir shape. full n.
Tie neck, with uiie rrgra sleeves. OF IN
circle shspe. vaich gatssgs az the back Of the
neck These are hnishesl with a collar. and
are made q Turkish toWeiing and trimmed
with gay coiored bsuds. The imported suits.
says pe-aorrsts Nonshv which furnishes the
above models, are tot' ultra m design 20 b.
oonas popular here.
Telegram-herald., 1887-07-17

Thomas Carlyle ends his famous history
With the last attack OF French mob on the
convention. Tho convention were sitting.
A general Of reputation had been sent out
70 disperse the mob and had returned with
our accomplishing anything IL was pro-
posed 20 put barros in charge OF the defense.
Some one named young artillery oficer,
Who had taken Touion. It was decided az
last 20 appoint Barros for figure head" and
the artillery officer commandant. Napoleon
Bonaparte was in the gallery Of the con-
vention when The nomination was made.
Carlyle says Bonsparte spent a half hour in
determining whether ito be or not to be. .
lie decided TO be" When the mob at
tackled the convention he killed some 900 Of
them. This Is the last chapter in the history
VI the French revolution.
Telegram-herald., 1887-07-17

Yes. SAID Special Of7csr Prank Har-
rfEsn. - the Penusylvania railroad. we
railroad officers have 70 look az queer
tliinzs sometimes aud strange occurrences
fsll % our iot but tire most sickenfnz
sven. | ever experienced vas ~ Thirty
seventh street, Philadelphia u was
lark night. and 7 remember veil that tie
leveTn1an in the tower Rad - csu up TIE
station srert - hep hirl move The lever.
A dispatch arrived ahoot rhst tire from
tsle depct which stated ths; passing train
bad killed nan az er ucar the station.
Investigation rrve~led the horrible fart
f1at l11n bad been a. ed there snfl that
z vas tae peer feiicsv heart whsch Rad
EaIle1 into the switch snd cleure.l IL 50
fh1t 3 Vas iTnpossibIs for the levsrasn
n tac ycveT g Eaaks The lever work ~
Wszt Csssz1g 1swx
Telegram-herald., 1887-07-17

What We call underwriters were no. orig
inally ali 50 classed Formerly all the marine
insurance in England was taken by private
individuals A contract would be drawn up
insurius vessel and cargo sbou, 70 sail on a
voyage. Under this contract it wss customary
for different capitalists - write their names
for a specified amount TIL the full insurance
required was taken. These persons were
called underwriters. Custom has extended
th- term tlli ., is NOW ex'end-d 70 all who
engage Ia the in-GI al.,e business.
Telegram-herald., 1887-07-17

An attorney told ne the other dav thss
= lsFv who does nCt care. however. 70
have Ser narne made rnbIlcl cafne ~ his
office recently ard deetisd over - her hus-
hand property 20 fhs velre u fS0 eco. z-si
he was given power II afrornev fcr e20-
coo nzore. The lady siS-i = thaf she hsa
ccncluded - Join The Saivarion srrn~. arst
- had renopzced the worid enarrlv ana
given uQ az eare q mCrey natfers IN
vrier tkas she might devote herself ahsu-
lufeiy ~ the ccncerns of tAe Lord -
Plolesr Press Listener
Telegram-herald., 1887-07-17
The KinNercarfen.

Friedrich Froebel founded tho first kin.
dsrgarten at Blackenburg Thuriugia in 1871.
lt became the model for similar institutions
in many parts ot Germany and other coun-
tries The name means chllds garden or
child's school Froebers system was at first
regarded as dangerous, from tho great free
dom allowed children, and in 1851 kinder
gar,en established by his nephew was close
by the PIussian government. The system IL
now very generally used in America.
Telegram-herald., 1887-07-17
oueep Victoria. Veto povsr

Queen Victoria has the power TO veto the
acts Of parliament, but she has never exer-
cised H. In England the royal veto Is reserved!
for extreme exiEencies Queen Ammo $50
years ago exercised the privilege last, when
she vetoed bin relating 10 the militia oi
Scotland The veto power Is, however, ex-
srcised in another way. When IL IS known
that a measure is rrpuznant to the sovereign
the house Of lords usually supports the crown
By rejecting it
Telegram-herald., 1887-07-17

kssssrk.bis Eass.saxs sf Goaregs ssa
Mi F-kt<fssa aas2 1eFt@<-
4 ~s sook fof szampses q pure Fll1ck "a
ths sepsalls s4A-.ssssss a 4.ilcllt fsAss e wll
- harl - DAD a more psrtses cAe <n4a -
eersea "a sac eoassa4erur = AeEico CeFtsz
@iEh a - ha88rssi Spanisrsis lzzdea st
Vera Gr8z AID determined - eoasaer ard
hs8d Asxieo ,th-sl inilabl1sd ~ ne native
rses-l - a tsFFitery n Spaia. Il ar,lsF tsat
thers sa'saAd &c 20 retreat - eass A.s H4=a
sneisia psc1nie discouraged. ae Islz lsed tls
,ilgs soies sers tns cay aisans eE fstuFn-
H. I4aEras1 llto rae aesTt u tiss ecsl tg-y. cI~
possst - many thousands ~ natives.
spansafd bafias oeeH senE % s4peg~zae hizl
tefte< reti2f.ed q the eslasf, attaezea as
t9f1s, asfsaLsd ~ znd returned - ths City
- Mexico. Driven out q tsaE city ~ rs
ing u - popaiafion. be fosxLt es say
-Ar1azh 5J.pD natlyes, rsfarnsd. took TIE
atY snd eonlp.elssl the eo1esless lie nessr
lad = feFes II go men.
Telegram-herald., 1887-07-17

\ set of dozen spoons and having figure
Of one Of the twelve Apostles on the handle
are called Apostle spoons. II was formerly
the custom To present one part q set
- n ciiihl az its christening. There were also
formerly Evangelist spoons, four in a set,
toe handle - each having the figure Of one
~ fl'- EvansrliS-s. They are pct nor manu-
farfaf-d
Telegram-herald., 1887-07-17

Thomas Morton in bis play called "Speed
the Plough depicts character - Mrs
GrundT-who can do everything better than
any one else. and whose opinion is alone
worth anything In this play occurs the
question Il wonder What Mrs Gruniv will
sayr ls Is quite possible that this Is the
0rgin % Mrs Grundy
Telegram-herald., 1887-07-17

An industrial school for boys is pro
posed AZ Chicago By Mrs. Celia ". Wal
lace. a rieh and rhilsnthTopie women.
Shc wants an Incorporation With a capital
q 500 On. and a large and interested
public support The idea is % have tho
irsfitrtion both home and school and. b.
SIDES the derr1itories and workshop. there
VIII y a military 1rillroom snd schocl
house. where the rudimerts of az educa-
ton can hescquir red Wise ths boy IA learn
ing trnde in TIE workshop. Homeless
wa3fs VIII b taken there ard have a
chance There wili ie acthinx - prevent
any hey eoirz hack - th4 street II -
chooses. aaa this hsestv VIZ naturally
sift oat TIE hopessssly tad, leaving n the
sctocl the werfh saviaz " I. san
Telegram-herald., 1887-07-17
n AssuEs TO a SONNET.

fax stea, $50 sEoa Es t1gf / deem
1.s1t ssrrtE - : lalsfi l1zszk1 O. Esse.
A. t141 i0FelF - fss siza8IseF sksss.
&eilist'se ID slssr s-ss = 3 e stream.
- kllsa Fze zssze ssz i-E4zze .xs a aFeA
a >ss-'i fzs iria.z e.i- 1sssl rls1s4 $50.
s,rsae a1d sea-ef. t.el sE4 stzcifzsf r3ss
r.. siees g fslr .Fiea.- .1ess zsaia sseEu
~ saees = s1arEer paz9 thaa tls,as - 80
r ssif ss.z1 aszced g saef3er ae4Ft5
- So AL teei sEa La fstrssssi.f-i tealrs
ezt tazts ! 81 =. base ~Fa tb1S sloald I tef
fhEs ~ - aaF sazll taat dfean depart
>sse - loe sa.ss1 rstrssts 81 neB i1e Gay supears
-frsal HIS ktezFt - tkss y esd =
Telegram-herald., 1887-07-17

There srs about s00.0s eco people IN N.
British empire Or these 40 600 0oo zre m
India. having Only 7o,0o.0oo Tor the lslassds
of Great Britain snd ireland sri the other
colonies - that fhis vast host * Indisu
subjects ars ruiei ~ comparatively fsw
n.iil1sn q pecple
Telegram-herald., 1887-07-17

Il Is dangerous ~ ring bell IN high
steepie during a thunderstorm The steeple
may discharge the cloud overis,ian with el-~-
tricisy. from its height CT proximity - the
cloud. and the swinging of the bell pats the
AIR IN motion. thsIs diminishing is resistance
70 the -ierfrfc fluid
Telegram-herald., 1887-07-17
J. 4. Williams. III. D,

Fbrstffr1 1nz F--~o~or,
4 RrsE isfe Ef = ler vtfI~sa-crs.
fere NEx - fzT e. - 49, ! -
SIC -7rgeenS, ClaC4HHstl ffs5 sre,es,s ert~n-
tf1 yer 20 oiseess - ~azse tc-rfsf sal fsssrs
eFne- Tere1ies a the trestTosnz ~ If.r-reF are9
Lazez q e,5 Polsg3 and Cssrsz sess
oef - #ra7o>s1 n@< 5rzee 80 SOFA
T1vsE0n-s Ie1epho1s ezl4skraaz gscs sxs2
- zsshs. aT.s zszss xesEs>g
Telegram-herald., 1887-07-17

This + ere ~ the phrases sfter gsef. of
vhfch many petple 10 not understand -
Desninz lt = th- Spauish fot ~ DO knowsF-
Telegram-herald., 1887-07-17

AI<n q Thur-nsn VS. rs-rtfv ths russf
Il Rsbert G. Winthrop - BrookIsae. nsz
NJ. 1hu7Toa1 sn& " Wintrro~ wsre crl-
sesgses II tke T~s1tY q nsh coT <-pss. vksch
eeId its frst sr<Si1r e. Tss.tsxEher. 1875.
Telegram-herald., 1887-07-17

The ssslrlmeF wao Wislas 70 Initiate these
eAnine -f1i4lions alusf keep rs hands IN
frous ef als cL-st, - shosn ia the err. and
~ - oiif = "a easch asas ssai 80 sltsruaseiv
~ ugag hansi sifh lhe irfr fect. ami vice
vera ihs haads strike .io~li wards towards
tne cheat. The PALMS depssaasi. and a liftle
beloved las ieg, Strike Dat a. usual. ex-
esps tnat t8e nacsi0n Is eitrruase. fls, oHe Leg
esils ssel and shfn tAe stn.-r Rsnembsr
@says o. na4ls tLs ar ~heh the head l.
Asbeft osl ~ UatzF
The p0prisr materials for bathiag suits
n plain n.saasi. serso funnel, aad the more
siry Norsfei serge. Ia plain navy blue,
Gealn shire. ~ with Stripes Il contrasting
eoloss- Tie slsiFei .oo,is Is usually EN-
,l1yet l9r tas sslrt or iunic. and the blouse
= of p.aia al..s lIilined with red brald oF
slEa t...4.lll y lie strias-i ulatsr.aL
Telegram-herald., 1887-07-17

T--a -7s s-so 7-f ~ ~ T-srrozs-s71 ~ sass.f
q .ssssgss e. f4as fssrnai Real re xznts' o.
ieo seesze zsss
Telegram-herald., 1887-07-17

n. B.-Saie begins az once and continues until
we dispose Of the hundreds Of remnants OF eyery-
thing IN our dress goods stock